by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“In the Catholic Church, the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a holy day of obligation. Celebrated annually on Dec. 8, it is also the patronal feast day of the United States. The Immaculate Conception is the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was graced by God in such a way that she was preserved from sin
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#Catholic #TV #Mass for Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent, Dec. 6, 2016, from Loretto Abbey in Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… ‘… If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. In just the same way, it
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#Catholic #TV #Mass for Monday of the Second Week of Advent, Dec. 5, 2016, from Catholic TV and the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply, ‘What are you thinking in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Rise and walk”? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sin’– he said to the one who was paralyzed, ‘I say
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“It is obvious to any reader that John did not just preach but that he administered a baptism of repentance. However, he could not give a baptism that remits sins since the remission of sins is only granted to us with the baptism of Christ. That is why the evangelist says that he was ‘proclaiming a baptism of repentance for
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Catholic TV Mass for the Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 4, 2016, from “Heart of the Nation” in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“The Second Sunday of Advent usually features the ministry of St. John the Baptist. He was the prophet who fulfilled the Office of Elijah, of whom it was said, See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and
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“‘The Kingdom of God is at hand and is indeed in the middle of us, this is the central message of all Christian mission.’ Those were the words of Pope Francis during his Angelus address in St Peter’s Square on the Second Sunday of Advent. …”
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“A pastor in Cuba has stood firm against the Cuban government, refusing to suspend Masses during the nation’s nine-day period of mourning for Cuban despot Fidel Castro, who died November 25. …”
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